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the operation is tlwr-. tedious and uncertain.
certain when perfortwd in dry clear weather.
It is also more
But one style of budding is in general use in this country.
This is known t?S jllielcl-building, from the shape of the piece
of bark ~wnoved with the bud. Technir~all,v, the entire
sewred portion, wmprisiiig both bark and bud,
is calle~l a ‘* bud.” ii shield-bud is SlloWn natural
size in Fig. I30. This is cut from a young twig of
the prtwtilt seaso11’s growth. It. is inserted underneath
the bark of a ymng stock or hra.nch, and is
(s 1). a print oiwc
published 1, I \’ the
I ‘nited Stir t :s Hepartment
of Agricult’ure.
Somet inies tlre
positions are re\-ersecl,
the bud beill:: inserted
from below.
The n1ini.x details
of shield-budding cliffer
with nt:a$ every
opera tar, and with
the kind of plant, to
be budded. In commercial
p-ractice, it is
FIG. 131. Shield-budding. a, the incision ;
performed in the ?r, the bark opcncd ; c. the bud cnt’ering ; d, the
xortll rfj(jst]jr fro111 bud fu11Y irlsert’cd . 9 c, the work t icd and complet,c.
earl>- July until the middle of September. In the southern
states it usually begins in June. *4s a rule, apples a.nd pears
are budded earlier in the season than peaches. This is because